After Oregon’s record wildfire season in 2024, local communities and government officials are concerned that ongoing ...
SALEM Ore. (KPTV) - Wildfires have been a growing problem in Oregon for the last few years and there is an ongoing debate in Salem about how to best address the issue. The latest version of the ...
For the second time in two years, Oregon lawmakers want to kill a map meant to identify areas at high risk of catastrophic wildfires but that has become a lightning rod for anger from rural ...
The gesture comes as county commissioners face pressure from property owners — mostly in rural areas — to advocate against ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek paused referrals for wildfire hazard map appeals on Monday, which come amid calls from state lawmakers to repeal the maps altogether. Kotek ...
Oregon lawmakers are considering a legislative package that would provide some protection to utility companies whose equipment sparks wildfires. House Bill 3917, introduced Tuesday by Rep.
Our Community Forestry had been using $600,000 in federal grants to clear out damaged trees and replant climate-resilient ones in their place in southern Oregon.
The shooter fired more than a dozen times early Thursday morning, causing “extensive damage to cars” and showroom windows, police said.
PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon's statewide wildfire risk assessment map has been a source of contention since its inception — and most recently, state House and Senate Republicans want to do away ...
to continue to accept all appeals of the Oregon Wildfire Hazard Map up to the Mar. 10 deadline but to pause sending the appeals to the Office of Administrative Hearings until after the legislative ...
The Department of Agriculture will restart some wildfire grants, Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek told POLITICO on Saturday. “I heard yesterday from Secretary [Brooke] Rollins that they are restarting ...